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@alpacaherder @hobbsc I was in #JCMO in 2013-2014 and again in 2015-2016. During the former, there were two RS stores, one of which was in the Capital Mall. The mall had a few !rpi devices and project guides, but few !arduino products. The #Missouri Blvd store had several models and accessories of Arduino and duino-alikes, but zero #RasPi / #BBB type compute boards.
In either store, the employees knew next to nothing about them. In fact, one employee recommended that I drive 30 miles to Columbia, where there was a store with an employee who knew those products. I felt like they were missing a golden opportunity while focusing on the hyper-competitive cellphone market.
When I returned sixteen months later, the mall store was gone and the MO Blvd store just had a few high-priced full "learning kit" boxes for either type of product.
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The $100+ starter kits were why I posted this: http://oracle.skilledtests.com/conversation/982115
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@lnxw48a1 such is the way of the shack. Our store was full of knowledgeable employees. This is a major reason for their decline, I think. Hard to find and retain the type of employees they had.
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@alpacaherder @hobbsc At least on the West Coast, they were heading for the grave before they sold their first pager or cellphone. When the emphasis changed from skilled and knowledgeable employees to employees who could sell. What was that, the middle/late #1980s or early #1990s?
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
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